You are correct. The access speed to an internet site is limited by the
slowest link in the system.
To put things into perspecitve: I have assess though Southern Illinois
University (SIU) School of Medicine. Although I have a 28.8 FAX/MODEM, I can
connect to SIU only at 14.4 speed. Hence the 28.8 is of no benefit to me.
SIU connects to the internet though a 56 KB line. Access to SIU is through
eight modems plus network access within the school. If more than a couple of
the modems are in use (or if more than a couple people within the school are
accessing the net), then access slows to a crawl -- much less than 9600.
In this case, it was beneficial to sign up for access through a commercial
internet provider. Access now is routinely 22000 - 24000 bits per second.
Well worth the proce. However, if your internet provider cannot provide true
access at the rated modem speed, i.e., if your provider does not have enough
bandwidth to the internet, then there is no advantage to buy a faster modem
or pay for faster access which you cannot use.
Dean Huffman
At 12:22 AM 11/7/96 UT, you wrote:
>Hi all (experts in particular)
>
>There has been lots of correspondence recently about the Internet, WWW and
>connections in general, e.g. ISDN, cable modems, etc. Please forgive my
>ignorance on these matters but isn't the speed at which pages, especially the
>newer animated ones, are displayed on one's screen mainly dependent upon the
>slowest link in the chain, e.g.. port speed, processor, video card and VRAM.
>
>I have experience of using both a 486 and 14.400 modem and now use a Pentium
>90 and 28.800 modem but I must say that I have not found any increase in speed
>staggering - the main delays seem to occur whilst the web site is first
>located and then a reply awaited. Will these improve with higher transfer
>rates? I'm currently experimenting with Microsoft as an ISP and using I.E.
>3.01
>
>Will we all need one of those f**k-off PCs in order to benefit from a faster
>connection or will our own hardware have to catch up first?
>
>Regards
>
>
>Peter Wilson
>
>
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